News

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) was introduced in the House on April 15, 2010 (HR 5037).

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2010Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award:

David Elkind, “Information Warfare: Missile or Missive?”

Patrick Jamieson, “Foreign Criticisms of the 1871 Paris Commune: The role of British and American newspapers and periodicals”

Shiva Kooragayala, “American Transportation”

Each winning entry will receive a $500 prize, funded by the Elizabeth Long Atwood Fund.

Emory University Libraries is pleased to announce that the Library’s Electronic Data Center (EDC) now provides access to AutoCAD Map 3D. The version that we have installed includes support for 3D and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Core GIS technology is rapidly evolving to better integrate field collected data (i.e. GPS/Total Station), remote sensing (i.e. aerial/satellite imagery), and 3D data and graphics.

The reduction of the stacks collection in the Woodruff Library requires moving 20,000 Linear Feet of books and journals to storage. To achieve this goal by summer 2010 library staff have focused on two areas: “no-use/low-use” books and journals where we have negotiated electronic access.  Library staff have identified those journal titles and volumes, which are now available for review.

This is the fifth year of an on-going initiative to migrate to e-only format journals that we currently purchase in print and online. This migration effort developed out of several concerns the Emory libraries face:

We are inviting you to a Town Hall on this project and on its impact on your library collections at Emory. The meeting is scheduled for next Thursday, March 25th, at 4PM in the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. Below is proposed agenda for the meeting:

AGENDA

1. Context for the project

Major Library Storage Project Planned for Spring 2010

The growth of the world-renowned collections in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library brings with it a critical need for more space for manuscripts and an opportunity to meet that need on the central campus. A new building for MARBL collections, programs, and exhibitions is planned but will not be completed soon enough to keep up with collection growth. To bridge that gap, library leaders plan to dedicate the space on Level 9 of the Woodruff Library stack tower to MARBL. To take advantage of available funding in this fiscal year the entire project will need to be accomplished by August 31, 2010.  Questions about the project can be sent here: librarystorageproject-l@listserv.cc.emory.edu.  For specific titles being considered for storage, please go to http://web.library.emory.edu/about/collections/collection-projects/stacks-review-project